Publications

Work in progress     

Book project: Framed Lives and Screened Deaths: Honor Killings in World Cinema

Preliminary proposal submitted to and reviewed by Edinburgh University Press.

Articles:

“Giovanna Gagliardo’s Creative Re-use of Archival Footage for a Counter-history of Italy” Special issue of Parol-Quaderni d’arte e di epistemologia, Poalo Chirumbolo (Ed.) (forthcoming 2017). 

“Terrorism through Individual Stories: Giovanna Gagliardo’s Vittime (2009)” in He Was my Father, S. Gastaldi and D. Ward (Eds.), Peter Lang Series Italian Modernities (forthcoming 2016).

 

Editorial work

Trajectories in Italian Cinema and Media

Founder and Principal Editor, Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies, published by Intellect, Ltd. and co-sponsored by Wellesley College, 2012-to present.

 

Abstracting & Indexing


ERIH PLUS
International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF)
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Film & Television Literature Index
Ulrich's

Guest Editor for a special issue of Studies in European Cinema. Issue Topic: ‘Cinematic Journeys of Italian Women Directors’ Vol. 8: 2, 2011.

 

Book

Visions of Struggle in Women’s Filmmaking in the Mediterranean. Flavia Laviosa (Ed.) Palgrave Macmillan. Comparative Feminist Studies Series, 2010.

Invited to present the book to CityLine, WCVB TV (ABC), Channel 5, Boston. May 2, 2010.

Reviews appear in:

Anna Botta, Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies, 2:1 (2014), pp. 136-138.

Suzanne Gauch, Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication, 5:2 (2012), pp. 247-249.

Alexandra Halkias, Journal of Contemporary European Studies, 19: 1 (2011), pp. 145-147.

Danielle Hipkins, Rivista di Studi Italiani, 29: 1 (2011), pp. 451-453

Jeannette Hoorn, Transnational Cinemas, 2: 1 (2011), pp. 118-120.

Michele Brondino, Il Protagora , XXXVIII, n. 16, luglio-dicembre (2011), p. 495.

Fulvio Orsitto, Journal of Modern Italian Studies, 16: 5 (2011), pp. 739-740.

Eylem Atakav, Screen, 51: 4 (2010), pp. 440-442.

Ahmet Gürata, SineCine, 1: 2 (2010), pp. 133-135 (in Turkish).

María Donaperty, New Cinemas: Journal of Contemporary Film, 8: 1 (2010), pp. 59-61.

Norma Bouchard, Italica, 87: 2 (2010), pp. 319-321.

Maruta Vitols, Annali di Italianistica, Vol. 28 (2010), pp. 610-612.

 

Essays and Chapters in Books

“The Present State and Future Prospects of Italian Cinema Studies” Contributor to the Forum. Frank Burke (Ed.) The Blackwell Companion to Italian Cinema (Forthcoming, 2016).

“Women Behind the Camera. New Horizons in Contemporary Cinema.” The Italian Cinema Book. Peter Bondanella (Ed.) BFI-Palgrave Macmillan 2014, pp. 274-280.

“‘Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch’entrate’ nella ThyssenKrupp.  La messa in scena della realtà.” A New Italian Political Cinema? Emerging Themes. William Hope, Luciana d’Arcangeli and Fabiana Stefanoni (Eds.) Troubador Publishing 2013, pp. 51-59.

“Dalle periferie alla world music: ritmi e danze del Sud.” and “’L’angustia, l’asfissia di un unico modello culturale che pensa di poter fare da parametro a tutto il mondo…’ Flavia Laviosa incontra Franco Cassano.” In Incontri Cinematografici e Culturali. Tra Due Mondi. Antonio Vitti (Ed.) Metauro Edizioni, 2012, pp. 527-540 and pp. 643-650.

“Tarantula Myths and Music: Popular Culture and Ancient Rituals in Italian Cinema.”  and “Women’s Drama, Men’s Business: Sexual Violence against Women in Italian Cinema and Media.” In Popular Italian Cinema and Politics in a Postwar Society. Flavia Brizio-Skov (Ed.) IBT Tauris Academic Publications, 2011, pp. 153-187 and pp. 229-255.

“’Il lavoro di raccontare il nostro tempo’ Il cinema di Francesca Archibugi.” In Zoom ‘d’oltreoceano’: istantanee sui registi italiani e sull’Italia. Daniela De Pau and Simone Dubrovic (Eds.) Vecchiarelli, 2010, pp. 203-220.

“Introduction.” and “‘Death is the fairest cover for her shame’: Framing Honor Killings.” In Visions of Struggle in Women’s Filmmaking in the Mediterranean. Flavia Laviosa (Ed.) Palgrave Macmillan, 2010, pp. xxv-xxxii, and pp. 185-212.

“Cristina Comencini, Novelist and Filmmaker: From La bestia nel cuore to Don’t Tell.”  In Watching Pages, Reading Pictures: Cinema and Modern Literature in Italy. Daniela De Pau and Georgina Torello (Eds.) Cambridge Scholars Press, Cambridge, 2008, pp. 127-143.

“A Visual Socio-Cultural Studies Approach to Italian Women’s Studies.” In New Approaches to Teaching Italian Language and Culture: Case Studies from an International Perspective. Emanuele Occhipinti (Ed.) Cambridge Scholars Press. Cambridge, 2008, pp. 342-365.

“Francesca Archibugi: Families and Life Apprenticeship.” In Italian Cinema-New Directions. William Hope (Ed.) Peter Lang AG, 2005, pp. 201-227.

ESTetica: la Puglia nel cinema.” In La Scuola Italiana di Middlebury (1996-2005) Passione Didattica Pratica. Antonio Vitti (Ed.) Metauro Edizioni, 2005, pp. 233-263.

“Intervista con Francesca Archibugi: la famiglia postmoderna nella sua firma d’autore.” In Incontri con il Cinema Italiano. Antonio Vitti (Ed.) Sciascia Editore, 2003, pp. 375-386.

 

Selected Articles in Refereed Journals

“Killing in the Name of Love. Representations of Violence against Women in RAI.” in the online publication Journalism Media and Cultural Studies Journal, Cardiff University, UK, Special Issue on Italian Cultural Studies, Guest Editor Floriana Bernardi,  2015.

“Euro-Mediterranean Frontiers: Destination Apulia.”  Rivista di Studi Italiani, XXXI, 1, 2013, pp. 912-924.

“Screening Honor Killings in Western Countries.” Special Issue of Libellula, Guest Editor Anna Cafaro, Nov. 2012, pp. 41-52.

“Il cinema-documento di Giovanna Gagliardo. Intervista.” Rivista di Studi Italiani, XXX, 1, 2012, pp. 327-337.

“Apulia and its Filmmakers after 1989: A Mediterranean Frontier.” California Italian Studies, 1, 1, 2010, pp. 1-9.

“Cristina Comencini: scrittrice, scenografa e regista. Intervista.” Italica, 86, 3, 2009, pp. 539-554.

“Modern Routes of Hope and Journeys of Faith in the Mediterranean: Apulia and Saint Nicholas of Bari.” Journal of Mediterranean Studies, 19, 2009, pp. 197-212.

“Humanizing Interpersonal Speaking in the Foreign Language Classroom.” Special Focus, College Board. Elvira Di Fabio (Ed.) 2008, pp. 10-25.

“Benigni: giocoliere di parole in La vita è bella.Italica, 2-3, 2007, pp. 509-526.

“Francesca Archibugi’s Cinema: Minimalism or Micro-History?” Studies in European Cinema, 4, 2, 2007, pp. 99-110.

“Feelings and Private Conversations: an Interview with Director Cristina Comencini.” Rivista di Studi Italiani, 2, December 2005, pp. 96-105.

“Archibugi’s Cinematic Representations of the Socio-Cultural Changes in the Modern Italian Family.”Italica, 80, 4, Winter 2003, pp. 540-549.

“Themes and Motifs in the Cinema of Francesca Archibugi.” Kinema, 20, Fall 2003, pp. 43-54.

“Cinema as a Social Mirror: Flavia Laviosa in Conversation with the Italian Director Francesca Archibugi.” Kinema, 20, Fall 2003, pp. 55-60.

“The Listening Processes and Strategies of Learners of Italian: a Case Study.” Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 2, 2000, pp. 129-159.

“Life Beyond Sound: Liliana Cavani’s Film Dove siete? Io sono qui!”Special Issue on Contemporary Italian Cinema, American Journal of Italian Studies, 22, 59, 1999, pp. 52-65.

“The Challenge of Italian Women in the 1980s and 1990s: Resolving the Paradox of Legislation on Affirmative Action in a Reality of Unequal Opportunity.” Italian Politics and Society, 48, Fall 1997, pp. 61-70.

“1970s: a Decade of Legislative Reforms for Italian Women’s Protection and Equality.” Italian Politics and Society, 47, Spring 1997, pp. 57-63.

“How to Test and Evaluate Oral Proficiency in Italian.” Tuttitalia, 13, June 1996, pp. 3-15.

“A Process-Product Approach to Writing in Italian.” Italica, 71, 4, 1994, pp. 484-504.

“Reading Strategies in Italian Language Courses.” South African Association for Language Teaching, 28, 3, 1994, pp. 234-257.

“L2 Listening Strategy Training.” Italiana, V, 1993, pp. 295-302.

“A Psycholinguistic Approach to Reading Comprehension in Italian.” Il Forneri, 7, 1, 1993, pp. 3-23.

“Why and How to Teach L2 Listening Comprehension Strategies.” South African Association for Language Teaching, 25, 3, 1991, pp. 17-29.